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Using a Reading List in Canvas: Share a Reading List with Multiple Courses

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Add Collaborators to Your Reading List

If a reading list needs to be shared with other instructors for your course, you can add them as collaborators to your list:

Step 1: From your reading list, select the Collaborators tab located in the List Advisor panel on the right side of the webpage. Next, click Manage Collaborators:

 

Step 2: Enter the name or email address of the instructor you would like to add as a collaborator, then choose the Collaborator permissions you want to provide for the instructor. The Can Manage List permissions include the ability to add, edit, and remove resources/sections, as well as delete or duplicate a reading list, and add other instructors as collaborators to the list. The Can Edit List permissions include the ability to add, edit, and remove resources/sections. Next, click Send Invitation:

Once an instructor has been added as a collaborator, they will need to associate the reading list to their course using the instructions in the next section below.

 

Associate a Shared Reading List to your Course

If you have been added as a collaborator and need to attach the list to your course, or if you are an instructor wanting to associate your list to another course section that you teach, you will first need to locate the list in Leganto. Once you have enabled the reading list feature in Canvas for your course section, click the Reading List link located with the other Canvas navigational links such as Assignments, Settings, etc. Then, follow the steps outlined below:

1. From the Welcome to Your Course Materials homepage, you can either click the Baylor University icon on the upper left corner of the page, or scroll down to the bottom and choose Leave this page and explore the application:

 

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2. Next, locate the filter button on the right side of the page and click it to remove all filters and display your reading lists:

3.Click the ellipsis on the list for your course and choose the Manage Course Association option. Next, look up your course in the search field by typing in the course code or course name, choose the appropriate course, and then click the Associate & Close button:

Once you have associated the reading list to your course, you can click the reading list to view your course materials. Now that your list has been associated to the course, the next time you click the Reading List navigational link on the left side panel, you will be taken directly to this list.

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